Deadly blasts hit Yemen mosque during Eid prayers

At least 25 people have been killed and 30 others wounded in two explosions at a Shia mosque in Yemen’s rebel-held capital Sanaa, witnesses said.
The explosions, which occurred during prayers for the Islamic festival of Eid al-Adha on Thursday morning, hit the Balili mosque near a police academy in Sanaa, the officials said.
The capital is controlled by Shia Houthis who have driven out Yemen’s government.
Local media reported that the attack was carried out by two suicide bombers.
Witnesses reported that after a first blast inside the mosque, a second suicide bomber detonated an explosives belt at the entrance as worshippers rushed outside.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
Sanaa has witnessed a string of attacks on Shia mosques in recent months, which were claimed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group that considers Shia muslims to be heretics.
The Houthi rebels have seized several regions of Yemen, including Sanaa, which they took a year ago.
A coalition of Arab states led by Saudi Arabia, which supports the government that was forced into exile by the rebels, have started air strikes against the Houthis in March and recently managed to re-capture some southern provinces, including Yemen’s second city of Aden.
Exiled President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi returned to Aden on Tuesday.
Source: AFP And Reuters